AFL Fantasy: LaHug’s Captains Round 22

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AFL Fantasy Captains

Still alive? Let me give you the best options (and a few sneaky PODs) to help you make the Grand Final. Each week I will tell you some statistics on a player’s last 3 games, their last 3 against this week’s opponent, and their last 3 at this ground. I will also do a quick overview on my thoughts and have a guess at their score for this week. From all this, I’ll give you my top 5 captain choices for the week.

I expected good things from Adams last week and he delivered. He’s just in superb form and loves to play the Cats. With Pendles out for the rest of the year, you can almost set and forget this guy. Prediction – 135

Danger delivered last week as we expected but now he has to venture away from the Cattery and play the Pies. He was poor against them earlier this year but he did look injured that game. I like him but there are better this week. Prediction – 120

West Coast are one of the leakiest teams over the past three weeks and Kelly has picked up a bit of form right before playing them. I wouldn’t recommend him as a safe choice ever because he’s still a bit inconsistent but I love him for his ceiling this week. Prediction – 120

Prior to his week off, Merrett was struggling for form. However, expect a big return this week. Gold Coast are super leaky (to everyone but Zorko, apparently) and Merrett loves to play them. Prediction – 130

Tom Mitchell bounced back but, from a guy that was giving us frequent 130s, a 118 down in Launceston (home of big scores) isn’t all that impressive. He’s started to get a bit of tagging attention too, which makes me nervous. The incredibly high floor (season low 94) is what has me going back to him every week. Prediction – 120

Beams bounced straight back (funnily enough, I moved the C from Beams after copping his 80 onto Zorko last week – maybe you shouldn’t be listening to me). Be warned though, his history against the Dees is horrifying and I think it’s too risky at this time of year. Prediction – 115

There is no way that Neale is backing his 32 up with anything but a big ton. He looked like he wasn’t trying last week and was moved forward as some kind of punishment. Thus is the Ross Lyon coaching method. A huge score is possible – are you brave enough though? Prediction – 120

ROUGHIE OF THE WEEK!

In this segment, I’ll talk about someone that, because of stats and/or gut feeling, I think will go huge this week. It’ll usually be somebody that you wouldn’t usually give the C to but, if you have him and are feeling brave, might be worth a look.

Melbourne have a friendly run home. If you’re looking for a POD to trade in, maybe consider Jordan Lewis. We know he used to be a scoring machine and he loves to play the Lions. This week, he could be a game changer. Gutsy prediction – 140